I spruce up yesterday's messy-middle work in progress—I mix colors to match early layers, paint additional layers for more depth, bring more fullness and polish to the piece. I get out my ink pens, sharpen the definition of lines, clean up edges.
Then, nothing.
The painting isn't in a mood for conversation. It still seems to be in a middle place, now a tidy-middle, a cleaned-up version of itself, a middle that nods off and falls asleep.
I turn my attention to other pursuits.
Some hours later, I return to find that little painting wide awake, chatty, and interactional. It's not shy about prodding and nudging.
Get messy, it exhorts. Splash around a little! Get some sand between your toes!
So, I do.
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Splashing at the Water's Edge 4.5 x 6"; ink, acrylic, and oil pastel on drawing paper abstract 2022 |
4 comments:
Haha :) Love!
I was so glad to find a way to moving this piece along : )
New phone. I can comment from it.Yay! Love the delicate lace effect!
Happy for you to have a new phone with capabilities that were in absentia from you old phone.
Thanks for your feedback. I like your choice of the words 'delicate lace effect' for the feeling you get with my revised piece.
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